Re: which spray or lotion

LOL - yeah they are and I'm a big oil slick.  But mother has dry skin and
they love her too.  Wonder if it's just body chemistry or something.   Plus
we have BIG skeeters here man.  Some look like small helicopters, the little
vultures.

On 6/17/08, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> People with oily skin tend to be more prone to skeeter bites.  My twins are
> an
> excellent example (fraternal).  One has oily skin (like her dad) and the
> other
> has normal skin (like me).  If there is ONE skeeter in the house...it will
> find the one with oily skin.  They both go to the lake or the park...one
> comes
> home with nothing, the other is just covered in bites.
>
> I used the Listerine
> once...and it seemed to work.  But skeeters aren't a big problem for me
> normally.  When I'm at PAM'S though...good grief...they are EVERYWHERE and
> you
> cannot escape without a few bites.  They are BAD in her back yard.......
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Vera Metzke <vmetzke@gmail.com>
> To:
> gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:20:04 PM
> Subject: Re:
> [CHAT] which spray or lotion
>
> Not to throw a glitch in the system but isn't
> what we eat have alot to do
> with this also?  Certain herbs repel the insects
> don't they?  OK maybe just
> rambling but don't things like garlic that will
> circulate in the fluids we
> secrete help also to keep the little buggers at
> bay?
>
> Vera
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> Avon's Skin So Soft is a real oldie.  I used to use it, but it
> > was never too
> effective for me.  We have shad flies in the
> > spring and deer flies in the
> summer.  It might be good for
> > mosquitoes but doesn't seem to phase deer
> flies.
> > Auralie
> >
> > In a message dated 6/16/2008 7:02:44 PM Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> > cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil writes:
> >
> > A lot of horse people swear
> that Avon's Skin So Soft will repel all
> > sorts of insects. Haven't tried it
> myself yet. I use Bullfrog on me when
> > I'm in the mountains.
> > We have fly
> spray for the horses and I bet we've tried a hundred brands
> > including all
> sorts of home-grown remedies, most of them don't last
> > longer than a few
> hours.
> > A fool-proof method might be one of those bug suits I see in garden
> >
> catalogs.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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